Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov’s message in Greek Kathimerini that the Hague judgment must not be ignored and his interview in general came in for a variety of reactions from the political parties. SDSM regards the interview as “moralizing,” while representatives of the governing party welcomed his move saying it was a good judgment.

Both parties agree that Macedonian should not be optimistic concerning Chicago considering that, according to the opposition, the country is about to be defeated and, according to VMRO-DPMNE, it is about to experience reality. BDI had no comment Monday about Ivanov’s interview with the influential Greek paper, while PDSH refused to comment on a “statement from a man who means nothing to Albanians.”